Archive for the 'Apple' Category


Jobs’ Open Letter On Flash

Thoughts on Flash Why can’t the music industry do this? Jobs/Apple has been pilloried for weeks regarding the company’s refusal to allow Flash on its mobile devices and the dictation of permissible software development tools. It’s become a tsunami.  Steve and Apple are bullies, out of touch with modern computing, they want to own the […]

Roundup

THE APPLE NUMBERS How long do you keep a cell phone?  Two years at most. That’s why Apple stock is going to go through the roof. I thought it was properly priced or overvalued, I told a friend not to buy any more at these prices.  But what made me think different was Jason Schwartz’s […]

Mobile

I watched Steve Jobs’ iPhone 4.0 presentation.  He’s at risk of becoming a caricature of himself.  Every feature is described with superlatives, as if a plumber lifted the back of the commode, delineated the inner-workings and pronounced them not only revolutionary, but emotionally satisfying, decreeing that users would truly love the operation of the toilet.  […]

Apple Buys EMI

And the Beatles join the iTunes Store just in time for Saturday’s iPad launch. The deal…  Just like with Apple’s purchase of Lala, no hard numbers have been released.  But both Citi and Terra Firma are happy.  Citi gets its money back, and Guy Hands gets to save face, Terra Firma’s covenant breaches become irrelevant, […]